Russia Confirms First Loss of GRU Spy in Ukraine Conflict

A Ukranian serviceman (L) walks in front of a destroyed apartment building after it was shelled in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 14, 2022. Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images

Russia confirmed on Monday that it lost a top intelligence agent from the Russian military intelligence agency.

Alexey Glushchak, a captain with Russia’s Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (GRU), died in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol last week, said Russian officials in a statement.